The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1W. Suttaby, 1807 - 550 pages |
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... fools ; by flatt'rers besieg'd ; And so obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd . Like Cato give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of ...
... fools ; by flatt'rers besieg'd ; And so obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd . Like Cato give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of ...
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... fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could He , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one ...
... fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could He , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one ...
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... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning , or the same . Self - love and reason to one end aspire , Pain their aversion , pleasure their desire ; But greedy that , its object would devour ; This taste the honey , and ...
... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning , or the same . Self - love and reason to one end aspire , Pain their aversion , pleasure their desire ; But greedy that , its object would devour ; This taste the honey , and ...
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... fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend , A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge turn pleader , to persuade The choice we make , or justify it made ; Proud of an easy conquest all along , She but removes ...
... fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend , A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge turn pleader , to persuade The choice we make , or justify it made ; Proud of an easy conquest all along , She but removes ...
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... Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain Epist . II ...
... Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain Epist . II ...
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Page 156 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 43 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court. In various talk th...
Page 217 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came...
Page 82 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest, who have learned to dance : 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
Page 81 - And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still — the style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Page 32 - What Conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do; This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heav'n pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives; T
Page 79 - A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Page 374 - She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 2 - Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing.
Page xxxv - In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods.